Originally from rural Missouri, I received my degree from Drake University. Through Drake I participated in the SFS Tanzania program in 2019 (just before COVID!). The SFS Tanzania program changed my life. I made long-lasting friendships, met my partner, and learned skills in wildlife management along the way.

I now work as a Wildlife Biologist for a consulting company in Oakland, CA, where I survey for protected species in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Favorite SFS Memory: Camping in the Serengeti and observing interspecies dynamics between elephants and lions.